Human Health Risk Assessments of Trace Metals on the Clam Corbicula javanica in a Tropical River in Peninsular Malaysia

Chee Kong Yap, Koe Wei Wong, Salman Abdo Al-Shami, Rosimah Nulit, Wan Hee Cheng, Ahmad Zaharin Aris, Moslem Sharifinia, Alireza Riyahi Bakhtiari, Hideo Okamura, Muhammad Saleem, Weiyun Chew, Mohamad Saupi Ismail and Khalid Awadh Al-Mutairi
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Chee Kong Yap: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor 43400, Malaysia
Koe Wei Wong: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor 43400, Malaysia
Salman Abdo Al-Shami: Indian River Research and Education Center, IFAS, University of Florida, Fort Pierce, FL 34945, USA
Rosimah Nulit: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor 43400, Malaysia
Wan Hee Cheng: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Inti International University, Sembilan 71800, Malaysia
Ahmad Zaharin Aris: Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor 43400, Malaysia
Moslem Sharifinia: Shrimp Research Center, Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Bushehr 7516989177, Iran
Alireza Riyahi Bakhtiari: Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Mazandaran 46417-76489, Iran
Hideo Okamura: Faculty of Maritime Sciences, Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe 658-0022, Japan
Muhammad Saleem: Department of Chemistry, Government Post Graduate College, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur 10250, Pakistan
Weiyun Chew: Centre for Pre-University Study, MAHSA University, Selangor 42610, Malaysia
Mohamad Saupi Ismail: Fisheries Research Institute, Pinang 11960, Malaysia
Khalid Awadh Al-Mutairi: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 7149, Saudi Arabia

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 18, issue 1, 1-22

Abstract: This study aimed to analyse ten trace metal concentrations in the edible part of the freshwater clam Corbicula javanica and to provide a critical assessment of the potential risks to human health through consumption of this clam as food based on well-established indices and food safety guidelines. The clams were captured from a pristine original site and transplanted to other sites with different environmental qualities. The trace metal levels in the edible total soft tissue (TST) of the clam were below those of the food safety guidelines referred to except for Pb, which exceeded the permissible limit set by the European Commission (2006) and the US Food and Drug Administration/ Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition); Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference. (USFDA/CFSAN; ISSC) (2007). The estimated daily intake (EDI) values of the clam were found to be lower than the oral reference dose and the calculated target hazard quotient (THQ) and total THQ were found to be less than 1. Therefore, in conclusion, the human health risk for consumption of TST of C. javanica at both average and high-level were insignificant regardless of the environment it was exposed to.

Keywords: human health risk assessment; trace metals; Corbicula javanica; Malaysia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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